The week in 30 photos

Updated 12:49 PM ET, Fri July 25, 2014

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The week in 30 photos – Mourners in Eynesbury, Australia, attend a memorial service Sunday, July 20, for a family of five killed aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. Johannes van den Hende, Shalize Zain Dewa and their children -- Piers, Marnix and Margaux -- were on the passenger plane last week when it was shot down over Ukraine. All 298 people aboard the flight were killed.

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The week in 30 photos – A coffin containing a victim of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is loaded onto a plane in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday, July 23. Many of the victims have been returned to the Netherlands, where Flight 17 originated. Of the 298 people who died, 193 were Dutch citizens.

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The week in 30 photos – Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is seen in this selfie tweeted Thursday, July 24, by Jayde Taylor, an Australian field hockey player. "Ahhh The Queen photo-bombed our selfie!!" wrote Taylor, seen here to the left of teammate Brooke Paris. They were in Glasgow, Scotland, to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

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The week in 30 photos – Police officers salute as the casket carrying slain police officer Melvin Santiago is carried into a church for his funeral service in Jersey City, New Jersey, on Friday, July 18. Santiago was shot and killed in his car after responding to an armed robbery call, officials said.

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The week in 30 photos – An Israeli bomb explodes in Gaza City on Friday, July 18. Israel launched a ground operation in Gaza after a 10-day campaign of airstrikes had failed to halt Hamas rocket fire on Israeli cities.

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The week in 30 photos – Dana, the sister of Israeli soldier Tsafrir Bar-Or, mourns during his funeral in Holon, Israel, on Monday, July 21.

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The week in 30 photos – A Palestinian supporter kicks a member of the Israeli soccer team Maccabi Haifa on Wednesday, July 23, after protesters snuck onto the field during a preseason match against French club Lille OSC in Bischofshofen, Austria.

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The week in 30 photos – Children wear moxibustion boxes on their heads Friday, July 18, at a hospital in Qingdao, China. Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese medical treatment that involves the burning of moxa, or mugwort. According to the American Cancer Society, practitioners believe the burning of the herbs can restore the balance and flow of vital energy, or chi. The children's treatment pictured here is part of an annual summer tradition to fend off winter diseases.

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The week in 30 photos – A New York Police Department helicopter flies over the Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday, July 22. Police are trying to find out who removed the bridge's two American flags and replaced them with white flags overnight.

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The week in 30 photos – As the sun sets Friday, July 18, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee looks out his airplane window and sees smoke from the Chiwaukum Creek Fire near Leavenworth, Washington. Inslee was returning from a tour of areas affected by wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.

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The week in 30 photos – Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, leaves after meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, left, on Friday, July 18, in Sergiyev Posad, Russia. Putin was attending celebrations for the 700th anniversary of St. Sergius of Radonezh.

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The week in 30 photos – People climb onto window ledges to try to avoid a bull Monday, July 21, during the Toro de Cuerda festival in Grazalema, Spain. During the festival, a long rope restrains the bull as it runs through the village's streets.

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The week in 30 photos – Rescue workers survey the wreckage of TransAsia Airways Flight GE222 on the Taiwanese island of Penghu on Thursday, July 24. The plane was attempting to land in stormy weather but crashed on the island late Wednesday, killing at least 48 people and wrecking houses and cars on the ground.

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The week in 30 photos – An adult flamingo stands with flamingo chicks in an enclosure before they are tagged Saturday, July 19, in Fuente de Piedra, Spain. The Fuente de Piedra Lagoon is one of the main breeding grounds for flamingos on the Iberian Peninsula, and hundreds of flamingo chicks are tagged to track the evolution of the species.

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The week in 30 photos – Young aviation enthusiast Patrick Wilson looks at an Avro 504K in Biggleswade, England, on Monday, July 21. The World War I-era plane is part of the Shuttleworth Collection, a museum known for its classic aircraft.

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The week in 30 photos – Ellisha Flagg cries Tuesday, July 22, during a vigil demanding justice for her brother, Eric Garner. Garner, 43, died July 17 after he was put in a chokehold by a New York City police officer trying to arrest him for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes. Video showed Garner, an asthmatic, lying on the ground motionless after the incident. Police said he suffered a heart attack and died en route to the hospital.

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The week in 30 photos – People watch the "Whirling Dervishes" perform a traditional Sufi dance at a mosque complex in Damascus, Syria, on Monday, July 21. Those in the Order of the Mevlevi, a Sufi sect from the 13th century, are known as "Whirling Dervishes." Through the practice of "sema," or listening, in a prayer-induced trance, they aim to act as a bridge between God and humankind.

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The week in 30 photos – George Berry wears a "safety suit" Tuesday, July 22, as part of St. John Ambulance's campaign to raise awareness of "cotton wool culture," or the urge to overprotect children. St. John Ambulance, a leading first-aid charity in the United Kingdom, is using the short spoof film to encourage parents to pick up lifesaving skills online so they can let their children play outside with peace of mind.

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The week in 30 photos – Two and a half years after it ran aground and sank, the Costa Concordia is towed away from Italy's Giglio Island on Wednesday, July 23. The massive cruise ship is set to be dismantled at a port in Genoa, Italy.

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The week in 30 photos – Britain's Prince George and his parents, Prince William and Duchess Catherine, visit a butterfly exhibition at London's Natural History Museum on July 2. The photo was released this week as Prince George celebrated his first birthday on Tuesday, July 22.

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The week in 30 photos – Stefan Aaron plays his piano Wednesday, July 23, near the international airport in Munich, Germany. The "flying carpet" structure was held up by a helicopter. It was the fourth stop of the German pianist's "Orange Piano Tour" that will take him to exceptional locations around the world. Aaron has also played at the Great Wall of China and Pulpit Rock, a natural rock platform in Norway.

The week in 30 photos – Ukrainian lawmakers tussle during a Parliament session in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday, July 22. According to The Moscow Times, the brawl came after the narrow approval of a presidential decree that would send more reserve soldiers to fight pro-Russian rebels.

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The week in 30 photos – The carcass of a cow that died from lack of food lies on the ground in San Francisco Libre, one of the Nicaraguan municipalities affected by a shortage of rain, on Friday, July 18. The dry spell in the center of the country has killed more than 2,000 cows, according to the Federation of Livestock Associations of Nicaragua.

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The week in 30 photos – Wally Collins, second from left, is congratulated Saturday, July 19, after beating 130 other men in the annual Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West, Florida. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author lived in Key West during the 1930s and wrote some of his famous work there.

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The week in 30 photos – Participants play in a mud pool Friday, July 18, during the Boryeong Mud Festival in Boryeong, South Korea. The annual festival features mud wrestling and mud sliding.

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The week in 30 photos – A worker is lifted from a helicopter as the Sheng Chang oil tanker runs aground at Kaohsiung harbor in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Typhoon Matmo pounded Taiwan with fierce winds and downpours on Wednesday, July 23.

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The week in 30 photos – Dentists in Mumbai, India, display teeth that were removed from the mouth of 17-year-old Ashik Gavai on Tuesday, July 22. Surgeons removed 232 teeth from Gavai's mouth in what they believe might be a world-record operation. Gavai sought medical help for swelling on the right side of his lower jaw, and he was found to be suffering from a condition known as complex odontoma, the head of dentistry told Agence France-Presse.

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The week in 30 photos – A photograph tweeted by astronaut Alexander Gerst on Wednesday, July 23, shows major cities of Israel and Gaza. Gerst said in his tweet: "My saddest photo yet. From #ISS we can actually see explosions and rockets flying over #Gaza & #Israel."

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The week in 30 photos – Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection take undocumented immigrants into custody Tuesday, July 22, near Falfurrias, Texas. Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced July 21 that he will deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border, where tens of thousands of unaccompanied minors from Central America have crossed into the United States this year. See last week in 33 photos